Lifting Lives in East

Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service

Graphic Design: Guarino Design 2013 Annual Report Principal Photography: Chasi Annexy Additional Photography: Alessandro Barthlow Melina Gonzalez Editorial Direction, Copy, Photography: Rosemary Siciliano Printed by: The Journeyman Press “How can you make your life better when you’re worried LSA FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE — The Little Sisters With deep roots in the community since 1958, LSA Family Health Service about your child’s has nurtured thousands of East Harlem families toward lives of health and stability. We next meal or are too believe that every human being deserves to live with dignity and health, and that all children deserve to begin life with all doors open to them, regardless of their family’s sick to work? How education, background, status, religion or income level. can you get ahead if That’s why LSA’s door remains open to anyone in need. you feel alone and overwhelmed? Little OUR MISSION LSA’s mission is to alleviate the suffering that undermines families living in poverty or Sisters helps us plant crisis through specialized health, human and social services so they can achieve the our feet more firmly strength and wellness they need to rise. We nurture strong relationships, health, and stability so that our disadvantaged East Harlem neighbors can stay resilient in the face on the ground, they of the harsh realities they face—like poverty, hunger, illness, crisis, domestic violence, help us feed our and language barriers—so they can reach higher and live better. children and make sure we are well. FAMILY SUPPORT SPECIAL They lift us up so we NEEDS can begin a better journey.” — LSA client PARENTING & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

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2013 Annual Report Lifting Lives in East Harlem

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter from the Board Chairperson 2

Neighborhood Needs Profile 4

Our Unwavering Commitment: Lifting Lives in East Harlem 5

LSA Client Needs Profile 6

Paving the Way to Pre-K 8

Leading Families Out of Poverty and Crisis 10

Bringing Wellness Home 12

LSA Core Programs Overview 14

Moving Forward: New Partnerships, Collaborations, Research 16

New Alliances/New Initiatives 18

Support Groups, Workshops, Clinics and Classes 20

Financial Report & Executive Summary 22

Volunteers and New Friends 24

In the News 26

Donors and Supporters 27

Donate & Connect 33

A Lasting Legacy: Helen Rehr’s Gift back flap 2

LETTER FROM LSA’S BOARD CHAIRPERSON

Dear Friends, It’s hard to believe that 10 years have passed since we opened our I’d like to thank Gary Carter for his five years of service as Executive doors to a new building in East Harlem, offering a warm and welcoming Director of LSA and his commitment to delivering key programming to community sanctuary for our clients. Looking back, I’m proud to say the community. We are now delighted to welcome Traci Lester, who that while our physical presence changed, the organization’s heart and commitment will be joining the agency in October 2014. She brings many years of experience to our mission has not. working with families and at-risk populations around the region. I have no doubt With an average of 2,500 clients coming to LSA Family Health Service each year, that LSA will continue, steadfast and resolute, in its commitment to the East Harlem LSA has lifted over 30,000 lives in East Harlem over the past decade. LSA’s community. outcomes consistently show the effectiveness of our programs, even as the essence As supporters of LSA and its mission, you know well the wonderful work LSA does of our mission remains focused on the nurturing of relationships, fostering a sense every day, even in normal times—helping struggling families to overcome adversity of supportive community and a commitment to building the strength and wellness and gain a foothold from which they can begin a journey from poverty toward a of the most vulnerable families. healthy and fulfilled life for themselves and their children. Together with everyone These important values were demonstrated recently when two buildings on Park at LSA who believes so strongly in this mission, I thank you for your loyal support Avenue and East 116th Street were leveled in a devastating and tragic gas explosion; and constant encouragement. eight of our neighbors lost their lives and more than 150 were left displaced. Over Sincerely, 17 surviving families lost all they owned. This happened in our community, only a few blocks from LSA, where scores of the displaced families were our clients before the explosion. Many scores more have become our clients since. Our nurses and advocacy staff rallied to the assistance of our affected neighbors by being present, calming them, translating, and supplying Ralph A. Siciliano, Esq. emergency clothing, food, toiletries, face masks, and baby supplies. LSA was asked Chairperson, Board of Directors by the Mayor’s Fund to Advance NYC to be one of three nonprofits to engage in the relief effort, relying on our longstanding roots in the community to reach out to those in crisis. LSA’s dedicated staff was able to play this key role in the immediate aftermath because of the deep relationship they and the Little Sisters have had with the East Harlem community for over 55 years of service. That LSA can, in the space of hours, step up to provide help in an emergency illustrates how we have served as a community anchor for East Harlem residents over the years. 3

In 2013, LSA’s skilled and trained professional staff met the needs of 2667 clients through 3423 program enrollments. 4

Living among the highest concentration of public housing in NYC and in an ongoing arrival point for recent immigrants, East Harlem residents suffer disproportionately from hunger, preventable illness, and poverty, and truly need the services and caring community offered by LSA. NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS PROFILE In 2013, the challenges to helping the families of East Harlem / El Barrio remained daunting, as many numbers and real-life stories offered testimony to a further deterioration of the quality of life and increase in poverty for a significant proportion of residents. Due in part to the long- term loss of income and fair– and low-wage jobs, cuts to subsidies, rising rents and other costs of living, and new waves of immigrant arrivals, residents of the neighborhood now bear more burdens than ever. East Harlem (part of Community Board 11) maintains its longstanding rank as the poorest neighborhood in Manhattan, and one of the worst in NYC for risk factors to the welfare of children, including poor economic conditions, preventable illness, substandard housing, abuse, neglect, quality of education and environmental impacts on health. 5

IN 2013, THESE BASELINE NUMBERS DEFINED LIFE FOR EAST HARLEM FAMILIES: Our Unwavering Commitment: 31% Lifting Lives in East Harlem live in poverty At Little Sisters, we change the course of the lives of parents and their young children through a potent combination of services developed and evolved to 45% effectively address the impact of poverty and hardship on health, wellness and of children are born into poverty stability. This year, LSA helped hundreds of families stay together in the face of crisis, 7 of 1000 drug abuse, mental health issues and even domestic violence. We helped move infants die each year, one of thousands from hunger and illness to stability and health. Every family who the highest rates in NYC enters through our door gets our full attention for as long as they need us. Every LSA’S CORE individual is treated with dignity and respect, offered a safe haven, a supportive PROGRAMS: community, and an array of programs to shore up their vulnerabilities and nurture 18.9% their strengths. asthma rate—twice the national Advocacy with Food We embrace each family and evolve our programs to meet the needs of the Pantry and city averages community as they are affected by the economy, legislation, immigration shifts, Early Intervention rising housing costs, changing health threats, substandard living conditions, 46% Education and Youth unforeseen crises and more. receive income assistance Environmental Health Most importantly, we understand that there’s no one solution to the multi-faceted and Family Asthma and deeply rooted problems and obstacles that have led families to experience Family Support and poverty and hardship. We offer a multi-service, holistic model of support and take 83% Preventive Services the time to find and apply real and lasting measures to improve the lives of each of children qualify for Home Nursing child, parent and family. free school lunch Parenting and Child After 55 years of service to East Harlem families, our commitment has only Development (HBS) deepened, while our staff has grown in skill and depth of experience with each Highest The Sharing Place passing year. Thrift Store Head Start enrollment in Manhattan

*For full program 26% descriptions, have no health insurance see Pages 14-15. 6

Other key facts about LSA’s clients include:

$15,600 96% median client income* of moms in Nursing’s Maternity Outreach program receive WIC 86% 10-20% live under federal poverty threshold speak primarily indigenous languages** 23% 46% live in public housing increase in visits to our Food Pantry since 2009 31% 138% live doubled or tripled up in apartments increase in seniors visiting our Food Pantry in 2013 20% receive rent assistance

* Of households reporting * *10% measured, 20% observed estimate of those having little to no Spanish or English language skills 7

LSA CLIENT NEEDS PROFILE With gentrification on the rise, especially in the form of new, luxury buildings nudged into the existing urban context, East Harlem’s poverty and health statistics indicate areas of improvement not reflective of the reality for the core population. So, in order to keep our finger on the pulse of the needs of our community, LSA has increasingly turned to information gleaned from our own client base and programs to see how neighborhood residents are faring. For example, after deep cuts to the SNAP (food stamp) program in late 2013—even after some funding was restored in early 2014—we saw a 15% increase in visits to our Food Pantry in the first half of 2014. Overall, 2013 visits to our Food Pantry rose 12% over 2012. This incidence of hunger among families with young children offers us a reliable barometer of the level of poverty and hardship in the neighborhood. This single number speaks volumes about how East Harlem families are faring. 8 22%

of LSA’s clients are under the age of 6.

Ana’s daughter, Kimberly, was diagnosed with delays and qualified to receive treatment in LSA’s Early Intervention program.

After receiving customized therapies on-site at LSA and at home, children like Kimberly make progress in many developmental areas, from expanding their vocabulary to showing a greater ability to engage, 8% communicate and interact. Other children make strides in improving manual dexterity and cognitive skills. more children and 9% more parents were served by our parenting and child development (HBS) program than in 2012. 9

Paving the Way to Pre-K As City phases in a new and much-needed Universal Pre-K program, LSA continues to train our focus on the youngest and most vulnerable in our community, well before they even qualify to attend pre-K: toddlers and infants under age 3. Because we know that, for children living in poverty or with immigrant parents, attending Pre-K can often come too late to prevent delays. Our years of experience, supported by rigorous internal and external research, have shown us that a child’s development can be impacted from the first days after birth. Poverty, hardship and weak or negative emotional bonds—a cocktail known as toxic stress—can adversely affect children on a biological, genetic level. Even after birth, the growth, development, and emotional wellbeing of a child can be altered in ways that can have lasting effects. Through our early childhood programs, LSA nurtures strong and positive parent- child relationships to lay a foundation for healthy emotional growth and a stable family context. We foster strong communication, socialization and interactions to build vocabulary, speech and age-appropriate development to keep at-risk babies and toddlers on track or change the trajectory for those with mild delays. Our skilled home visitors, social workers and classroom teachers emphasize daily reading—now recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics—as well as regular music and singing from the earliest ages. Many parents enrolled in our programs have limited or no schooling, so we help children and parents acclimate to the school environment in our classrooms. That way, when they begin Head Start or Pre-K, they feel at ease and can focus on learning, rather than adapting to the classroom setting and catching up. For babies and toddlers with confirmed delays, LSA’s team of therapists and trained staff from ourEarly Intervention program offer tailored therapies, case management and social worker support, as needed, at home and on site. 10

Our Food Pantry offers even more than a reprieve from hunger—it marks the beginning of a journey forward. 11

Leading Families Out of 100% Poverty and Crisis

One of the most troubling and debilitating aspects of poverty is its intractable nature: of teen girls once it brings a family down, it can take generations for them to lift themselves up again. Piecemeal assistance breaks down the pride and dignity of a family and addresses only enrolled in our isolated aspects of the obstacles or long-term havoc that devastating crises can wreak Mentoring Program on a family. showed increased LSA’s responsive, multi-service, whole-family approach makes a difference—faster—for self-esteem and more families. confidence. Achieving financial fortitude, elevating education levels, and preventing an array of illnesses prompted by poverty can involve many types of support over time, and LSA helps families get to the starting line to begin their journey forward. Critical to our efforts to break families free of what holds them back are three LSA programs. The first, ourAdvocacy with Food Pantry program, serves as the portal through which families experiencing hunger, severe poverty and crisis come to us. We assess each family’s needs and determine how our programs can help. They leave knowing that they have food and that someone will be there to help with their next steps. When pain and debilitation comes from within the family—conflict, domestic abuse, mental illness or substance abuse—poverty and crisis can lead to a rapid downward spiral. 99% That’s where a second LSA core program, Family Support and Preventive Services, intervenes to foster healing and keep families together. Because united families can gather strength and resources more readily than those in fragments, our team of counselors, social workers, and case workers offer their compassion and skill to help families manage crises, of children in LSA’s get the services they need and shore up their vulnerabilities through stronger relationships, Family Support and specialized treatments and parenting support. Preventive Services Finally, at-risk youth represent the immediate future of every disadvantaged family. They program were often bear the scars of hardship, but also have potentially promising futures before them. Our Education and Youth programs can keep them on track through afterschool and kept out of foster summer academic support services, a mentoring program for girls, Free Arts creative placement in 2013. programs, and services to prepare and increase their chances of pursuing an advanced education and a professional path. 12

Bringing Wellness Home

At LSA, we don’t choose between on-site care and at-home care. It’s both. Because LSA focuses on what works. Since the 1890s, when the Little Sisters arrived from France and began caring for the poor and infirm in East Harlem tenements, our home-visiting nurses have delivered life-saving and preventive care to tens of thousands. Today, our nurses are not the only LSA staff bringing wellness home in East Harlem; the majority of our programs feature home visits. Because it’s more than a personal, meaningful way to care for our neighbors in need. It’s effective. Home visits allow us to deepen our work with and advocate for our clients and community because we can understand and act upon the issues they face—whether it’s dealing with asthma-triggering mold in NYCHA public housing, issuing ID’s that allow immigrants to function normally, rallying against SNAP cuts or supporting the need for affordable housing. If home-delivered care or services can improve the progress of our on-site work with families, we’re there: · Our Environmental Health and Family Asthma program’s community health workers bring grassroots approaches and hands-on interventions to mitigating asthma triggers for those living in sub-par building conditions. · In LSA’s parenting and child development program, HBS, skilled home visitors and social workers observe and model positive parent-child interaction and communication at home to complement classroom-based socialization, free play, music classes and structured activities. · Our Early Intervention program sends occupational, speech, and physical therapists into the home so that parent and child learning within the home context can strengthen therapies administered on site. 8.2% · LSA’s Family Support and Preventive Services sends social workers and case managers to visit clients at home, where they can identify conflict and dysfunction, foster improved relationships, chart progress and support positive family relationships and dynamics—all to augment on-site counseling and interventions. of women in Bringing services to the home not only allows us to observe and assess the progress and changing needs of our El Barrio get clients and community—it allows us to build trusting, mutual relationships with families to help heal, draw them out late or no pre- from the shadows of isolation, and build a supportive community with Little Sisters as their cornerstone. natal care. 13

11%

of East Harlem newborns suffer from low birth weight. 14

EARLY INTERVENTION EDUCATION AND YOUTH Each year, EI treats some 275 helps youth underperforming infants and toddlers (to age or failing in school improve 3) who have been diagnosed their academic performance with developmental delays and skills through afterschool or disabilities, with the goal Homework Help and Tutoring, LSA Family Health Service of helping them achieve their and express and develop their full potential and maximize creativity through arts workshops. daily living skills. Each child’s For girls in grades 7-9, we offer Core Programs evaluation is conducted by a a Girls’ Mentoring Program specialized team of certified with the goal of boosting self- clinicians: a developmental esteem and academic progress specialist, psychologist, social through positive example and ADVOCACY WITH FOOD A HOLISTIC worker, speech pathologist, interaction with a professional PANTRY program helps poor nurse and/or physical and woman. Each girl has a dedicated families meet their immediate APPROACH TO occupational therapist. mentor with whom she engages need for food and address the ACHIEVING Treatment combines the in cultural activities throughout longer-term issues associated benefits of home and on-site the year. We work with parents with poverty. Our advocates FAMILY therapies. LSA’s EI program to support each student’s educate our clients about their WELLNESS offers special expertise in progress, guide them in navigating rights and empower them to serving indigenous Mexican the educational system and access needed services and AND families with distinct cultural connecting them with community resources. We assist with family dynamics and languages. resources and programs. applications for public benefits, RESILIENCE such as food stamps and health insurance, refer to LSA and non- LSA programs, offer immigration advice and help tenants avoid ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND FAMILY ASTHMA was established in response to the high rate of eviction and get needed asthma among children in East Harlem. Our community health workers help families improve housing conditions and apartment repairs. Visitors to modify household living habits in order to raise the quality of indoor air, reduce asthma triggers and symptoms, and our client-choice food pantry promote positive health and well-being. Our home-visiting team is trained to assess each home environment, identify receive fresh and healthy food unhealthful conditions, and teach safe, effective ways to address them. We advocate for tenant repairs that impact choices and nutrition education, health, in both public and private housing, and played a significant role in supporting community groups in pressuring and meet with an advocate who NYCHA to address mold and make timely repairs. The program was featured on DATELINE NBC’s investigation into evaluates the fuller extent of the link between poverty and asthma (see our website for more). their needs. 15

THE SHARING PLACE THRIFT STORE is the destination in East Harlem for those in need of gently-used, quality clothing (including exclusive designer labels), housewares, toys and books at very low prices. It’s a warm, welcoming place where neighbors shop, meet and socialize. They can build a stronger sense of community for all, and much-needed support FAMILY SUPPORT AND HOME NURSING, PARENTING AND CHILD networks for newcomers PREVENTIVE SERVICES a Certified Home Health DEVELOPMENT (Home-based and long-time neighborhood works to strengthen fragile or Agency (CHHA), provides with Socialization) works with residents alike. The Sharing crisis-impacted families and direct nursing care to up to East Harlem families whose young Place gives our neighbors the keep them safe and together. 100 patients at a time, making children (to age three) are at risk opportunity to shop with dignity, Through caring, hands-on over 2500 home visits a year. for developing delays. Through even with a tight budget, while interventions by our skilled Care is provided to young home visits and on-site socialization also gaining awareness of other staff, we focus on building pregnant/postpartum mothers groups, we offer support to parents programs at LSA. Proceeds strong, trusting relationships and their infants, a specialty facing the challenges of raising benefit LSA’s programs. Voted through these effective program focus of our work, as well their children. Our approach Best Thrift Shop by NY Daily components: in-home family as general CHHA services emphasizes improving parent- News readers in 2012. treatment, case management to acute and chronically ill child interactions and supporting advocacy, referrals for patients of all ages in their healthy development by focusing specialized treatment, parenting own homes. The nurses on the following priorities: building support and improvement of mutually engage with families, a secure attachment relationship, daily life management skills. We providing skilled assessment, strengthening the child’s language strive to help our families meet intervention and monitoring. and literacy skills, promoting their treatment goals through The program offers a variety children’s self-regulation skills and services tailored to each family’s of educational opportunities, emotional development, supporting specific needs. The program including parenting classes and exploration, play, and learning, and consistently achieves the support groups to help foster connecting the family to needed highest grades each year for our wellness and nurture strong resources for themselves or their performance. relationships. children. 16

Moving Forward: Partnerships, Collaborations & Research LSA Family Health Service continually makes it a priority to balance a strong clarity of focus on our community and mission with the ability to adapt and advance our work. That means finding new and innovative ways to update and hone our practice across programs, and one of our primary approaches is to partner and collaborate with other organizations to mutually bolster our strengths and broaden our reach. We evolve with the changing needs of our community so that we can improve the lives and health of families in even more effective ways. As a small agency, we recognize that our partner institutions, agencies and community entities, both large and small, have as much to offer us as we have to offer them. The agency works in tandem with a variety of partners, while each program also reaches out to form alliances that can help us all learn and pave the way for new approaches and even better outcomes. These pages present some of the partnerships and projects currently in place. For more information, visit our website, including our News & Events section for new alliances and press throughout the year. 17

GLOBAL HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM EAST HARLEM NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK LSA’S Home Nursing program collaborated on a research project in 2013 with Anchoring Achievement in Mexican-American Communities two rising second-year Residents from The Arnhold Global Health Institute of the Along with Union Settlement Association and The Boys Club of New York, LSA Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, which places students in a “third world” has created the new East Harlem Neighborhood Network (EHNN), thanks to a situation with the mission of closing the gap in global health. The residents looked generous grant from the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation. at the third world aspects of living in East Harlem. Through our research we focused Over the course of three years, the Network will address issues that have grown on the realities of our families’ health status and helped to form future directions in parallel with a significant increase in the number of Mexican families moving into for improvement. Findings included: East Harlem, many of whom live in poverty. • Women in LSA’s Maternity Outreach program who received prenatal This partnership of well-respected and effective East Harlem community- and postpartum care through skilled nursing home visits are statistically based organizations will allow each agency to leverage expertise and staff from significantly more likely than those who had received just one service to have specialized programs for even greater impact on families of Mexican descent, full-term, non-low birthweight babies, despite having a markedly higher socio- including recent immigrants. demographic risk profile, and surpass the state goals of reducing prematurity. Many children in these families, even those US-born, quickly fall behind in school • The increased prevalence of gestational diabetes in LSA’s population offers an and tend to drop out early, making it difficult for them to succeed. That’s why opportunity for interventions and education about type 2 diabetes, for which one of the Network’s key goals is to expand and deepen support services that these moms are at increased risk. encourage and enhance academic achievement among a population of Mexican toddlers and children at high risk for developmental delays, poor academic • The prevalence of pre-eclampsia in East Harlem compares to that of many performance and teen pregnancy. developing countries, which speaks broadly to how poverty affects the health More specifically, the Network provides supportive educational services to of a community, including the health of its unborn children. children of Mexican origin and descent, from birth through third grade, as well as providing referral and wrap-around services to their families to support children’s academic progress and achievement levels. With the help of a new educational advocate, LSA’s role centers on tracking outcomes, supporting transitions to Head Start and Pre-K, and helping parents navigate the educational system and access employment networks. 18

In Brief: EAST HARLEM LINEAGE PROJECT EMERGENCY This new collaboration with New Alliances / New Initiatives PREPAREDNESS our Education and Youth Girls’ COLLABORATIVE Mentoring program brought a 10- THE MOUNT SINAI LENOX HILL In January of 2013, as a member week series of yoga classes to the HOSPITAL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE of the East Harlem Community agency in tandem with wellness and Health Council, LSA joined this health discussions with Mt. Sinai A new collaboration with the A new referral service to our new initiative to address the lack of doctors for LSA teens. Pediatric Residency program, Advocacy program offers support for East Harlem community funded by the American Academy bi-weekly legal advice and preparedness. The work of the of Pediatrics Heathy Active Living represention on housing issues, EHEPC led to a community forum, NYC ACS CHILDREN’S Grant, focuses on the development including eviction and repair, a partnership with the Office of TRAUMA INSTITUTE / NYU of a pilot program for obesity by an LHNH Legal Advocacy Emergency Management, and after LANGONE MEDICAL reduction in children ages 0-5 in attorney. the March 2014 gas explosion, a Since mid-2013, LSA’s Family El Barrio’s Hispanic community. A report and community event to Support and Preventive Services new, bilingual nutritionist will lead a discuss the effectiveness of the program has been part of a support group and train LSA staff to CUNY CITIZENSHIP NOW emergency response and how collaboration with ACS and NYU bring nutrition approaches to their Sponsored by our City Council it might be improved for future seeking to use trauma-related work in our parenting and child Member (and now Speaker) disasters. knowledge to improve child welfare development (HBS) program, and Melissa Mark-Viverito’s office practice and to help the child our Food Pantry, Home Nursing and in 2013, our participation in the welfare system meet its goals. The Environmental Health and Family program has allowed us to host a NYC DEPARTMENT OF project focuses on the impact Asthma programs, in particular. weekly immigration clinic offering YOUTH AND COMMUNITY that parental trauma, PTSD and assistance with citizenship/ We’re also partnering with Mount DEVELOPMENT (DYCD) / depression have on parenting naturalization, staffed by an Sinai medical students and NEW YORK IMMIGRATION and reducing the risk of child attorney from CUNY Citizenship pediatricians to assess our families’ COALITION maltreatment through screening, Now!. knowledge of when and how to LSA has become an outreach assessment and treatment, and access medical care through their provider for DYCD, working to training and technical assistance. children’s health providers or the COOL CULTURE find and connect with DACA- emergency department. Thanks eligible youth (Deferred Action In September 2013, LSA’s to a CATCH grant, Improving for Childhood Arrivals). As part of early childhood programs Community Understanding of our effort, we share DACA-related were welcomed into NYC’s the Medical Home, LSA will also information, and refer candidates to Cool Culture program so that develop educational materials to free legal and educational services participating families can receive assist literate families and those provided by our partner agencies, passes for free entry into over 90 with low or no literacy in 2014. such as the Legal Aid Society and cultural institutions in NYC. Union Settlement Association. 19

Updates: Research & Collaborations

HUD/NYAM ASTHMA STUDY: 2013 marked the final year of the 3-year,HUD Healthy Homes-funded research into asthma interventions to mitigate triggers in the indoor environment for children living in public housing that LSA has been working on with the New York Academy of Medicine’s (NYAM) Center for Evaluation and Applied Research. Findings will be published in late 2014/early 2015 and will include comprehensive outcomes and a cost-benefit analysis that may assist HEALTHY MOMS = LSA in setting up new ways to deliver the program. HEALTHY BABIES LSA’s Environmental Health and Family Asthma program team, as a long-time member of Manhattan Together, also LSA has a new, online campaign served as a consultant to its legal team (NRDC and NCLEJ) in the course of successfully settling a suit against the to raise awareness of the issues New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to have building repairs and mold/moisture conditions mitigated with of maternal and newborn expedited response times. NYCHA’s settlement also included provisions to provide special accommodations under the health in disadvantaged urban Americans with Disabilities Act for tenants suffering from asthma. communities like East Harlem, The team was featured on DATELINE NBC’s hour-long investigation into the link between poverty and asthma. and to increase engagement online with new audiences. We launched the new campaign in NEW YORK UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PROJECT: May 2013 with a Mother’s Day Our parenting and child development (HBS) program continues a partnership, funded through the Robin Hood Short Poem and Haiku Contest Foundation, which supports a focus on the program’s five main priorities. Based on the NYU reearch, the program has in both Spanish and English. increased the number of weekly socialization groups from once to twice weekly in order to strengthen the impact on The response was very positive, participating families. and after a hiatus in 2014 due to our focus on the East Harlem Relief Effort after the March NEW YORK CITY ASTHMA PARTNERSHIP: gas explosion, the program will Our involvement with the partnership’s Environment Committee and Steering Committee continued, and included the return in 2015 with a Mother’s development of a new campaign for 2014, Know Your Housing Rights, aimed at tenants suffering from asthma. Day photo contest online and via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. JUST FOOD / UNITED WAY / HPNAP: Through the Local Produce Link program, now in its 5th year, LSA receives weekly donations of fresh vegetables from J. Glebocki Farms of Goshen, in upstate New York, during the active season from late June through November. This partnership allows us to offer fresh, nutritionally rich produce that our clients often can’t otherwise incorporate into their diets. The program funds educational cooking demos, using these farm-fresh vegetables, by our in-house Community Chef, Lucia Bravo. 20 53%

increase in symptom-free days by children Support Groups, Workshops, enrolled in our Family Asthma Program and a Clinics, Classes 36% decrease in trips to the emergency room.

“The HBS home visits have helped me so much—they show me different activities I can do with my daughter and help me understand her development. The visitors and teachers answer all my questions. It’s a big help for new mothers like me, and for that I am very grateful.” —Jessica Mendez, new mom 21

To augment our core program services, build community and nurture wellness, LSA’s staff and guest professionals offer focused activities, events and support groups in addition to what we bring to clients on-site and at home. A critical aspect of moving forward is staying strong and stable. That means setting aside the time to take care of oneself, learn how to maintain a healthy lifestyle, and take a proactive role in fostering wellness for everyone in the family— whether for first-time moms, growing and developing toddlers or children 72% with asthma. Breastfeeding Classes Building Bridges to Hope of students in Community CookShop Classes Education and Community Chef Cooking Demos Youth’s Tutoring Housing Clinics program Environmental Health Community Workshops improved or Immigration Legal Clinics maintained Nutrition Workshops - Bilingual their academic (Spanish) performance Parenting Classes and Support Groups level. Yoga Yoga for Teen Girls 22

OPERATING REVENUE

AMOUNT %

FOUNDATIONS $1,129,265 23% 10% GOVERNMENT $1,015,765 20% 20% 8% FEE FOR SERVICE AND OTHER INCOME $837,040 17% SPECIAL EVENTS $541,670 11% 11% INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS $478,804 10% 6% THRIFT STORE $383,207 8% 5% INVESTMENT INCOME $319,715 6% 23% 17% IN-KIND SERVICES $264,942 5% TOTAL $4,970,408 100%

OPERATING EXPENSES

AMOUNT % PROGRAMS $4,015,529 80% 80% MANAGEMENT & GENERAL OPERATING $562,465 11% FUNDRAISING $475,388 9% TOTAL $5,053,382 100%

NET $(82,974) 9% 11% 23

2013 Financial Report & Executive Summary

The year 2013 launched important changes at LSA as we worked to meet the needs Our communications and development teams launched new strategies for the long- of more clients than ever with 2667 in 3423 program enrollments. Cuts to SNAP term expansion of our donor base and laid the groundwork for fundraising efforts food stamps alone sparked an increase in visits to the Food Pantry in November with creative ways to increase engagement and raise awareness of the agency with 2013, and rising 15% as we entered 2014. Despite these challenges to our capacity new audiences. A new volunteer group was initiated, the Daisy Circle, to engage and resources, by December we had made measurable progress in strengthening new donors and spark donations, culminating in a successful April 2013 fundraising our financial foundation while successfully embarking on a leadership transition. luncheon event. With the effects of the 2008 recession still being felt by our community, staff, LSA also developed our first online and social media campaign for 2013, Healthy donors and agency, LSA pushed forward and expanded efforts to increase Moms=Healthy Babies, to raise awareness of maternal and newborn health and revenues and reach out to new supporters while modernizing and reinvigorating our mortality in East Harlem, and to engage new audiences. The campaign successfully infrastructure. Our annual benefit Gala, The Spirit of East Harlem, netted revenues tripled visitors to our website, saw the most supporter and new audience surpassing $500,000, almost $200,000 greater than garnered by the event in 2012. engagement of any effort to date, sparked a 20% increase in our social media Also, as a result of a carefully considered process that reviewed and refocused following and even brought in a modest number of first-time donors. LSA’s programs and staff in 2012 to better differentiate the agency and respond to As noted on pages 18 to 21, LSA engaged in a number of new and ongoing the evolving needs of the community, LSA saved in excess of $200,000 in operating partnerships and collaborations to expand our reach and impact, and enhance our costs in 2013. We continue to operate cost-effectively through lean operations. practice and knowledge base across programs. Overall gains registered over the course of the year were instrumental in helping to Other changes played out on the staff front: Our community thrift store, The offset increased expenses, most of which were planned or anticipated. Sharing Place, bid a fond farewell to its dedicated manager, Elsie Sanchez, of over Because the cost of operations continues to rise, and in light of investments in 35 years, while welcoming the fresh enthusiasm and strong retail experience of new infrastructure for 2014 already underway, the Board recognized that the need to manager Carlos Calderon, who has already generated increased 2014 revenues. increase revenues persists. They took action by developing, approving and starting As Q4 began, the agency experienced a major change, as Gary S. Carter stepped the implementation of a bold initiative to do so. Key components of the effort down as Executive Director, a position he had held for five years, leading the agency include: as it staved off the harshest impacts of the fragile economy and strengthened 1) Adding 10 Board members by the end of 2016 (with three installed in 2014); our systems for collecting data and reporting outcomes. Our Board of Directors 2) Increasing the minimum Board member’s give/get requirement from $5,000 showed exceptional diligence in implementing a transition plan, culminating in the to $10,000; recruitment of Traci Lester, former Executive Director of Reach Out and Read of Greater New York, to become LSA’s next Executive Director. 3) Focusing on enhancing and expanding our individual major donor program, with a new, strategic focus on planned giving. We look forward with excitement to our new leadership joining us in October, the fruits of our strategic efforts and a gradually improving donor environment in 2014. 24

Volunteers and New Friends Volunteers We count on volunteers to bring their unique skills and healing kindness to families to encourage growth and stability, improve health, and let them know they aren’t alone. Volunteers established a strong presence in 2013, with almost 50 serving as tutors in our Homework Help and Academic Tutoring programs, as mentors for teens in our Girls’ Mentoring program, or assisting in our Summer Reading Academy. Another 40 compassionate and dedicated volunteers helped in our early childhood programs, the Food Pantry, The Sharing Place Thrift Store, and by offering critical administrative support around the agency. We also benefited from the kind student volunteers from the Convent of the Sacred Heart School, whose CASA program, now in its 7th year, offered a pottery program to LSA children. New Friends Committee Once again our New Friends—young professional supporters—generously offered their time and treasure to support LSA in 2013. They participated in three direct- service activities with LSA children in February, May and October. Our May Carnival transformed our 2nd floor into a ‘carnival’ where the children enjoyed games, face painting, and even a visit from ‘Captain Jack Sparrow.’ Direct service activities allow our New Friends to interact and connect with children enrolled in our programs and offer them a special day to get away from the stresses of daily life and engage in creative arts and crafts activities, holiday-related celebrations or other events. The New Friends held Spring and Fall fundraising events in 2013, fun after-hours social gatherings at popular hotspots, where they introduced LSA to other young professionals and friends, many of whom became new supporters, donors and fundraisers for LSA. The New Friends socialize, network and help raise funds for LSA’s programs. Interested in volunteering or joining our New Friends? Contact Trish at [email protected] or visit www.littlesistersfamily.org to fill out a Volunteer or New Friends sign-up form with your interests, schedule and more. 25

“When I think of my time as an LSA volunteer, I’m reminded of the positive impact one organization can have on its surrounding community, as you do in East Harlem. Thank you for teaching me so much.” — Emily, LSA Volunteer 26

LSA IN THE NEWS Our work fighting the impact of poverty on health and well-being for the families of East Harlem is relevant to many of the issues in the public eye these days, from immigration to asthma or the importance of early intervention for babies and young children. Our model works, and we’re getting noticed.

Visit www.littlesistersfamily.org/News to watch LSA on DATELINE NBC, NY1, WPIX and Telemundo, or read about us in , The Wall Street Journal, DNAinfo, The Observer, The New York Daily News, Crain’s New York, El Diario-La Prensa and more. 27

Every attempt has been made to include and correctly list the names of With Gratitude all donors. If you find an error, please contact our development office.

BEQUESTS Kings’ Carriage House FOUNDATIONS INSTITUTIONS Byron Chandler Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. American Endowment Foundation Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of NY Elizabeth Gillespie Clark Liberty Paper & Janitorial Supply Co. Anonymous Church of St. Thomas More Rev. Norman C. Eddy Massey Quick & Co. LLC Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund Church of the Heavenly Rest Catherine Rita Martin Merrill Lynch - The Payne Group Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc. Church Pension Group Helen Rehr Mutual of America Conway Family Foundation Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes Omega Ensemble Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Convent of the Sacred Heart School, Portware Greenwich CT CORPORATIONS Doty Family Foundation Prime Time Personnel Inc. Elsie Lee Garthwaite Memorial Foundation Convent of the Sacred Heart School, NYC 90th St. Pharmacy RX 2000 Inc D/B/A RX Center Hettinger Foundation Convent of the Sacred Heart School, NYC, Administrative Systems Inc. Parents Association S. Feldman Housewares, Inc. Maternity & Early Childhood Foundation, Inc. Aite Group, LLC Dominican Sisters of Hope Ministry Trust Selby Transportation Corp. Mutual of America Foundation Aplifi Duchesne Fund for Ministry, Society of the TABB Group New York Community Trust Articulate Communications Inc. Sacred Heart Tait Weller & Baker, LLP Sidney and Judith Kranes Charitable Trust Baker & Hostetler Food Bank for New York City Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse Soaring Apple Foundation Horace Mann School Bluff Point Associates & Hirschtritt LLP The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Catalyst Public Relations Tarrytown Honda The Carson Family Charitable Trust Medical Center Certified Financial Group, Inc. The Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation The Clark Foundation Isaac Newton Middle School/Common Cents Cross-Fire & Security Co. Inc. The Northern Trust Company New York, Inc. The Deerfield Partnership Foundation DDM Development and Services TRUiST Ladies of Charity of the Catholic Charities The Hannah and Ryan Barry Memorial Driscoll Foods Waldorf Risk Solutions, LLC Foundation New York Academy of Medicine Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP Wealth Management Systems, Inc. The Heckscher Foundation for Children Notre Dame School of Manhattan Favour Royal The Howard & Barbara Farkas Foundation, Inc. P. S. 96/Common Cents New York, Inc. Gluck+ The Lizzie & Jonathan M. Tisch Fund SocialVest GNYHA Ventures The Kenneth and Hazel Roe Foundation, Inc. St. Augustine’s Ladies Auxiliary H.Y. Market Corp The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation St. Francis de Sales Church Innovest Systems LLC The Pinkerton Foundation St. Procopius Abbey Insperity The Robin Hood Foundation The Ireland-U.S. Council J. J. Lally & Co. The Sheldon and Marilyn Fireman Family The Mount Sinai Medical Center J.McLaughlin Foundation, Inc. Union Settlement Association, Inc. Kelley Drye & Warren LLP The Stonbely Family Foundation The Theresa & Edward O’Toole Foundation 28

INDIVIDUALS Missy & George Boyd Andrew Abranovic Elena Boyd Jean Ackerman Kathleen Breiten Jessica Alex Patricia & Stephen Brennan Michael Amendolare Barbara Brenner & Robert Rosengard Fatemeh Amirrezvani Tyndale Brickey Martha Andrade-Dousdebes Ursula Brinkmann Jane Andrews Elvira Broniecki Chasi Annexy David Bronxmeyer Anonymous Ryan Brown Guedy Arniella Margaret & William S. Browne Jr. Marilyn & Robert Atkinson Susan & Jeffrey Bruno Assunta Gaglione-Austin & Alice R. Buedden Franklin Austin Jackson Bull Pamela & James Awad Leslie Burgstahler Therese Awad Lauren Burke Benjamin Bankson Mary Burke Pat & Tom Barry Sally T. Butler Terri & Tom Barry Karen Byrnes William Barry Robert L. Cahill, Jr. Kathy & Charles Beach Enrico Calrog Nancy & James Beha Dorothy Calvani & Dava Weinstein Cecily Belford Cara A. Campbell Paula & John Bendall Barbara & Peter Canning Veronica Bennett Carol & Stephen Canter Zachary Berliner Paul Capetillo Jan & Bob Billingsley Julie & John Capetta Hillary Billingsley Patricia & Frank Cappelli Susan Bilotta Judith & Russell Carson Elizabeth & Lawrence Blau John Carter Barbara J. Blecka Claire & Robert Casale Anne Board Nicole Cassese Sarah Bond Diane Chachas Linda & Richard Bonforte Lola Chlupsa David Boone Lori & Scott Church Jennifer Booze Joseph Ciancaglini Marco Boschiroli Alex Clark Neil E. Botwinoff Paul Clarke 29

Marjorie Clarkin Rose Dimartino Maida Galvez & Ali Mencin Jill & Peter Hooper Paula & William Lake Barbara & John Coffey Richard Donovan Victoria Gammello Russ Horowitz Helen & James Lally Ellen & Charles Collins Maureen J. Doran Sarah Gans Ray Hubley Kathryn Lamermayer Flaherty Francis Comerford Le-Ellen & George Doty Elizabeth & Paul Garland Anna Incoronato Philip Landrigan Paige & Drew Conner Cathy & John Dougherty Eugene Gaughan Kate & Jason Irizarry Laurie & Pierre Lapeyre Tosha Connors Mary L. Downing Carole & David Gaunt Mary Jacobson Michael Larson Gabe Conradi Angela & David Duff Cindy & Brian Gavin Vickram Jain Jennifer & Vincent Latino Carol Cook Carol & James Duffy Janet Gaynor Kris & Kevin Jandora Loraine & Gary Lawrence Marion Coolen Edmund C. Duffy Barbara & Joseph Geli Bill Jaume Byrd Leavell Arlene Cope Margaret Duffy Valerie & John Geli Meagan & Daniel Johnson Let W. Lee Lynn & Leo Corbett Mary Duffy John Gelini Marie & Jim Johnston Wendy D. Lee & Easton Ragsdale Melanie A. Coronetz Sylvia & Peter Dworkin Peter Gerstein Susan & Bobby Jones Andrew Lehrer John W. Corwin & Laurie Woods Michelle Eacobacci Mary Ann & Martin Gillan Gregg Juhlin Sr. Margaret Leonard, LSA Arelia Cotton Mildred & Charles Eisenhardt Lesley Gliedman Gerald Kahana Cynthia Levy Ruth Cox Dorothy & Glen Elfers Lori & Eric Goldberg Marianne & Gary Kahn Christopher Limbach Margaret Crotty Nicole & Alfred Eskandar Mary Francina Golden Janelle & Michael Kahn Jill Lloyd Zach Dabah Marie & John Evans & Kenneth Handal Juli & Dan Karson Sean Lombard Marisa Dabice Loretta Fahy Maxine Golub Justina & Hayes Kavanagh Stacy & John Louizos Jennie & James Daley Rossella Fanelli William Goodloe, Jr. Dr. Mary Keane Helen Lowe Christina Daly Francesca Fanelli Gail & Norman Gordon Alexandra Kelly Arthur Lowenstein Phyllis Darby Courtney Favini Sheila Gorman Anne Kelly Karen & Kevin Lucas Kriti Dave Rebecca & Paul Feuerstein Trish Gough Elizabeth Kelly Dan Lundy Dr. Steven B. David Alice R. Finley Laurence Greenberg & Martha Land Frances Kelly Kathleen & Clark Lydic Jackelyn Day Marilyn Fireman Mary Greenebaum Leonore M. Kelly Nuria Lyles Victoria M. De Barbieri Nancy Fisher Ann Grow Lisa & Jim Kelly Christine Mack Laura & John De Boisblanc Dan Fitzgerald Michele Guerin Maura & Michael Kelly Maureen & Donald MacNeal Ariel Dearie Alice & Thomas Fleming Leonora Halligan Nancy Kelly Natalia Mager Rosemary Del Vecchio Amy Fletcher Theodora P. Hamell Rosemary Kelly Alice Maggin & Wayne Nelson Philippe H. Delouvrier Norma & Edmundo Flores Maura Hanlon Eva Kesner Carrie & Tony Maglia Nina DeMartini-Day Genevieve Foley Thomas Harvey & Cathleen Black Kavita Khanna Yinet Maldonado Christie & Anthony DeNicola Alfredo Fortuna Winifred Heavy Sean Killeen Catherine & Paul Maloy Barbara & Benjamin J. Denihan Kate Fredlund Jacob Heimer Liz King & Paul Farrell Monica & Temy Mancusi-Ungaro Kateri & Scott DePetris Colleen M. Frey Zia Heller Emily & Keith Kobyra Betty & Lynn Mangum Laura DeRose Sharon & Tracy Fu Enna Henriquez Alice LaBrie Lynn & Gene Manheim Kristine & James DeRubertis Elise & Neil Gabriele Greg Herman Joan Lacagnina Nathalie Marcos Christina & Jonathan Dever Richard Gallagher Anne D. Herrmann Linda Lacchia & Elliott Schulman Meg Mark Tracey Dewart Pamela & Timothy Gallivan Sheila Higgins Sr. Susanne Lachapelle, LSA Elizabeth Marren Victoria Hoehn 30

Caroline & David Marren Mark Moran Yessenia Portillo Ellen Marren Daniela Morell Jessica Post Seane & Bernard Marren Steven Motschwiller Zulma A. Power Luke & Elena Mayville Mel & Marlies Mraz Nella Pramberger Christine McCann Nancy Mullan Sarah Primmer Kathleen McCarthy Tracey & Kyle Mumford Eileen & Leslie Quick Lynn McCluskey Whitney Murphy Emily Rafferty Lynn & John McCormick Karen & Michael Murphy Noa Rafimayeri John & Kay McEnroe Alice & James Murtaugh Susan Rahm Kathleen McEntegart Patricia & John Nallen Clyde E. Rankin III Andrea McInerney Frances C. Nater Patricia & Herbert Rauser Kerry McInerney William P. Nelson Jennifer Reckrey Maureen & John McInerney Mary Novelly Kathleen M. Reddington Melissa & Robert McInerney Bill Nussbaum Ali Rezaizadeh Nancy & Michael McInerney Mary Belle O’Brien Barbara Richert Paula & Tom E. McInerney Thea & David Obstler Christine & Manny Tirado Susan & Tom J. McInerney Jane & Tony O’Connell Ellen Ritchie James McKenna Rory O’Connor Robin Rivera Rae Anne McKenna Betty & Luke O’Connor John K. Robertson Joan & John McLaughlin Eugenie O’Hagan Elizabeth & Brad Robins Gerri & Paul McNamara Melinda & David O’Halloran Sue Ann & Robert Robinson Anne W. McNulty Rev. Daniel O’Hare, S. J. David Rocco Mary & Win Rutherfurd Zeynep Semin Iris McQuillan-Grace Theresa Olcese Carol Rocker Judith Saffer Sheri & Sandy Severino Mary & Jerry McTeague Mary Ellen Oldenburg Rocco A. Roina Paul Saltzmann Laura & Gerald Shanley Noreen McTeague James Olson Adam Roina Noreen Sankbeil Ellen Shaw Patricia McTeague Danielle Ompad Samantha Roina Grace & Glenn Sarno Perry Elizabeth Sheffield Patricia Meyer Barbara O’Sullivan Gabriel Romeu Matthew Savage April Shelton Katie & Joe Minias Amy & Kevin Owens Rosanna Rosado Jim Scala Alethea K. Shepardson Robert Minicucci Constance Pedrani Steven Rosandich J. Michael & Kathleen Schell Elizabeth & Joseph Shipley Heather Mitchell & Darren Eskow Patricia & John Pellegrini Stephanie Ross Kathryn Schlatter Donna Siciliano & Stephen Haug Jennifer Mitchell & Dave Szuchman Karyn & Jim Pellow Michaela Roth Murray Schneider Lea N. Siciliano Marcus Mobley Noreen & Martin Petraitis Catherine Royce Polly Schonfeld Linda Jean & Robert Siciliano Pat Monahan Louise Petz Robert Ruckh Noah Schudl Ralph A. Siciliano Jacqueline Mondros Nora Phillips Peter R. Ruiz Mark Schulte Rose & Ralph Siciliano, Sr. Diane Montelione Claire Pizzurro Margaret A. Ruley & David Lovett Jacqueline Schuman Rosemary Siciliano Bette Mooney Xander Point-Zolo Patricia & David Rung Eric Schwutz Margot Silverman Manuela Morales June Pope Jamie Russell Maxine Seifert & Thomas Small David N. Silvers, MD & Joan Binstock 31

Pam Silverstein & Trish Cosgrove Sandra Talavera & Felipe Ventegeat Ellen & Maribeth Welsh Sr. Susanne Lachapelle, Sister De Paul, RN Julia Sitarz Betty Taller Richard Wender Sr. Pat Hayes & Dorothy Calvani Marge Duffy Joyce Griffith Francesca Slay Dr. Jenny Tang & Dr. John Zhang Beth & John Werwaiss Sister De Sales, RN Sr. Margaret A. Leonard Marge Duffy Anne Mieke Smeets Sandra & Michael Tannenbaum Sue Whang Renate Belville & Allen Fischer Dr. Kurt W. Deuschle Andrew Smikiss Julia Tanner Carolyn & William Wheatley LSA Family Health Service Staff Jeanne M. Deuschle Brian J. Smith Jephtha Tausig-Edwards, PhD Susan & William Whelan Marilyn Johnson Bill Doyle Dian & Robert Smith Emilia & Randolph Taylor Gabrielle & Robert Wile LSA Nursing & Environmental Staff Anne & Jack Doyle Dorothy Calvani Stanley Doyle, Jr. Elizabeth Smith Daniel Taylor Sarah Woods Joe & Shelley Luff Maureen & David Egen Nicholas Smith Kim & William Thomas Paul Wrapp Sam K. Alfstad Mr. Frodo Preston Smith Alice & George Tiedemann Sunmoo Yoon Mary McTeague, RN Carol & Paul Foucault Rebecca Smith Audra Tiner Hugh Zaretsky Marge Duffy Patrick Halligan Patricia McTeague Margaret Smyth Jonathan Tisch Mei-Mei Zhao Teri Mierswa Marie & Thomas Mierswa Barbara Kiss Keeler Cynthia & Philip Sollecito Todd Tocco Margaret Zwiren Heather Mitchell Margaret Kiss Magyar Joshua D. Sparrow Lindsay Tomenson Renee Eskow Sr. Theresa Kelly Jo Anne B. Stack Leslie & Walter Tomenson, Jr. IN HONOR OF Ellen & David Mitchell Sr. Donna Conroy Patty & Jack Stack Angela Tortorella Assunta Gaglione-Austin Elizabeth Murphy Tullah Kelman Carmen Stanley Emma Trucks Cara Chambers Mary Helen Jordan Joyce Richardson John Sterling Joseph G. Tucker Pat Barry Christine Rickoff-Tirado Carmen Martinez Diana Medina Norma & Edmundo Flores Russell Stern Nora B. Tulchin Kathy & John Slattery Elsie Sanchez & Sharing Place Team Rose & Thomas McGrath David Stern Natalie Turtuno Dr. Richard Bonforte Phyllis Kossoff Therese Mierswa Rosemarie McGrath Lisa Stern Mark VanDermass Doris Cohen Cecilia S. Vonderheide Lucille Millette Laura Stern Mike & Mary Vavroch John Capetta Susan Katzke Elizabeth Weese Douglas Morse Peggy Stevens Gray J. Velasquez Douglas Karp Alfred W. Murphy, MD Meredith & Ken Rosh Elizabeth Murphy Kat Stevens Virginia Veras Joe Ciancaglini & Sacred Heart Brenda Earl Teresa O’Toole, RN Alice Stock Robin & Paul Vermylen Bernard J. Cooney Marge Duffy Joan & Neal Stolleman Jacqueline Vincent IN MEMORY OF Jean & Bernie Cooney Mary Powers Petra Allende Christine & George Stonbely Peggy Vishnupad Anne & Tom Whalen Laura Cowan & LSA Staff Sandra Talavera & Felipe Peter Stonbely Lucille Vita Gary Rissman Ventegeat Sr. Mary Patrick Powers Eileen Barth Jonathan Stonbely Timothy Vitale Susan M. Deakins, MD Albert Berti Dorothy Calvani Michael J. Stonbely Cecilia & Mark Vonderheide Bette Kerr Cynthia Eagle Russett Scott DePetris Soaring Apple Foundation Tina & Joe Stonbely Gerald VonDohlen Sr. Judy Cagney Hon. & Mrs. William Lamb The Clamage Family Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Stack Simonne Stone Joann & Jonathan Waldvogel Marge Duffy Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Jo Anne B. Stack Greg Stott Emily Wallace Doris Konig Karlinsky, Abate & Webb, P.A. Marjorie Rothenberg Annabel & Peter Strife Kathleen & Stratford Wallace Patricia & Michael Ford Patricia & Michael Hannon Linda Cassano Msgr. Kevin Sullivan Keith Wan Mary & Jerry McTeague James McDonald Cary Sun & Amy Rubusch Eric Wang Sr. Susanne Lachapelle Dr. Florence Crawford Robert Swanton Mary M. Welch Lilia Guzman Dr. Louise Lisi & Rev. Burton Froom 32

IN KIND GAP P. S. 6 MATCHING GRANTS Abbocato Taverna Gotham Dream Cars Pajama Program America’s Charities Alice Buedden Hartshorn Portraiture Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York Altman Foundation Amy Salinger HBO RedBulls Bank of America Matching Gifts Apollo Theater Horace Mann School Refresh Body Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Ary Katchikan Hunter College High School Flowers for Remy Steinfink JPMorgan Chase Foundation Change Program Baby Buggy Ricardo Steak House Macy’s Foundation J.McLaughlin Barbara Richert Riverdale Country School Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Jeorgina Ruiz Blue Tree Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Northeast Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding John & Claudia Lachapelle Community Inc. Candle Bar Trust, Inc. Judy & Michael Zalansky Splash of Pink Catholic Charities New York Life Just Food Inc. Sr. Margaret McEntee Cecilia Vonderheide OppenheimerFunds Katy Perry St. Augustine Church Church of the Heavenly Rest The Prudential Foundation Matching Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP St. Francis de Sales Church Gifts Program Church Pension Group Kings’ Carriage House St. Ignatius Loyola UBS Citizen Lauren Merkin St. John’s Bread and Life City Harvest Inc. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Legal Tarte Cosmetics PUBLIC SUPPORT Convent of the Sacred Heart, CASA Program Advocacy Department The Apollo Theater EFAP - Emergency Food Assistance Program Convent of the Sacred Heart, HEART Program LIVE with Kelly & Michael The Brenner Family EFSP - Emergency Food and Shelter Program Convent of the Sacred Heart School, NYC Mac Menamins Bar Hells Kitchen The Brookdale Foundation Group HUD Convent of the Sacred Heart Upper School Macmillan Campus Ministry The Brooke Jackman Foundation HPNAP - Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Major League Soccer CUNY Citizenship Now! The Buckley School Assistance Program Manhattan North Management David Chapman, PT The Gabriele Family Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City Margaret Duffy Denis & Carol Kelleher Foundation The Legal Aid Society / Robin Hood Legal New York City Administration for Children’s Materials for the Arts Services Initiative Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Asthma Initiative Most Valuable Kids of Greater New York The Linen Shop New York City Council Disney Worldwide Museum of Modern Art The Peninsula Hotel New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. New York Cares, Inc. The Wile Family New York City Department of Health/EIP Dr. Alan Spizman Nickelodeon Today Show Charitable Foundation, Inc. New York City Department of Youth and Nightingale Food Enterprises Toys R Us East Harlem Asthma Center of Excellence Community Development Notre Dame School of Manhattan Valerie & Arty Lake and Friends Elizabeth King & Paul Farrell TEFAP - The Emergency Food Assistance Elizabeth Marren NY Giants WIC Program Program Epiphany Church NY Jets Wile Events United Way of New York City Eve H. Wolf NY Rangers Yaling Ramirez Food Bank for NYC NY Yankees Yves Durif @ The Carlyle We would like to extend a special Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal Original Penguin Yvonne Souliere thanks to all those who generously Free Arts Owens Family donated items throughout the year to The Sharing Place Thrift Store, and in Friends of LSA P. S. 112 doing so, supported both our programs and our community. A Lasting Legacy: Helen Rehr’s Gift

LSA Family Health Service received a wonderful legacy gift from the estate of Dr. Helen Rehr, the former head of Social Work Services at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Helen knew LSA’s work and supported us over many years with regular annual contributions. In fact, she started a Community Board at Mount Sinai to give a voice to East Harlem consumers and organizations regarding access to health care and the quality of care delivered to patients. As a professor and leader at the School of Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, Helen made sure that there was a strong referral service between LSA and The Mount Sinai Hospital. Recognized nationally and internationally as a towering figure in her field, Dr. Rehr dedicated her career to professionalizing and advancing it as a pivotal aspect of medical training and practice. LSA Board member, Barbara Brenner, also a longtime Mount Sinai social work practitioner and Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine, noted that Dr. Rehr “kept her eye on the health of the community,” and remembered her as “a visionary leader who advanced the field by being the first to apply evidence to measure the outcomes of social work practice.” We are honored to recognize Helen Rehr’s professional accomplishments and extremely grateful to her for entrusting a major bequest to LSA to help us serve the health and advocacy needs of East Harlem families.

How you can leave your legacy with LSA Planning Your Legacy Gift

For over 55 years, Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service and our supporters have partnered to create a place where the most marginalized and vulnerable families of East Harlem can find help for their children and themselves. Many generous friends, through financial contributions, volunteering, or donation of goods and services, have helped ensure that future generations of families living in poverty or crisis in our neighborhood will be cared for by LSA.

A bequest is one of the easiest and most effective ways to perpetuate your legacy and commitment to the vital mission of LSA Family Health Service. A bequest in your will can be added as a codicil or created with this simple statement:

“I give and bequeath the sum of $______(or ______% of my residual estate) to Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc., 333 E115th Street, New York, NY, 10029, for its general purposes.”

If you or your attorney would like more information about planning a legacy gift to LSA Family Health Service, contact our Board Chairperson, Ralph Siciliano, at (212)508-6718 or [email protected]. 33

Make our mission your mission.

DONATE Help struggling East Harlem families live healthy, stable and economically promising lives by supporting LSA Family Health Service’s programs: www.littlesistersfamily.org

Contact: Norma Flores, [email protected] or 646.672.5278

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GET INVOLVED To volunteer or join our New Friends group, contact Trish Gough, Director of Volunteers, [email protected] or 646.672.5200

Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc. LSA is a CHARITY NAVIGATOR 4-STAR CHARITY 333 E. 115th St., New York, NY 10029 2013 LSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Board of Directors Assunta Gaglione-Austin Ralph A. Siciliano, Esq. Patricia R. Barry Chairperson Richard J. Bonforte, MD George H. Boyd III Scott DePetris Margaret Duffy Vice Chairperson William A. Goodloe James W. Johnston Barbara Brenner, Dr. PH Elizabeth King Secretary Sr. Susanne Lachapelle Wendy D. Lee Sr. Margaret A. Leonard Cynthia Levy Stacy H. Louizos, Esq. Nadia M. Martincic Paula G. McInerney Robert Swanton Audra Tiner Joseph G. Tucker Cecilia S. Vonderheide

Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc. Founding Member 333 E. 115th Street William J. Doyle Graphic Design: New York, New York 10029 (1940-1993) Guarino Design Principal Photography: Donate. Volunteer. Care. Executive Director Chasi Annexy www.littlesistersfamily.org Gary S. Carter, LCSW Additional Photography: Alessandro Barthlow Melina Gonzalez Editorial Direction, Copy, Photography: A CHARITY NAVIGATOR 4-STAR CHARITY Rosemary Siciliano Printed by: The Journeyman Press